How Imported Vodka Will Perform in 2018
Imported vodka brands face a challenging environment in the U.S. market. Overall growth remains fairly flat and imports face competition from domestic vodka and American craft brands. And of course, brown spirits (especially whiskey)...
Campari Acquires Bisquit Cognac
Campari Group continues to collect premium spirit brands.
The global drinks company announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bisquit Dubouché et Cie. from the South Africa-based Distell Group. This company, owner of...
Pendleton Whisky Acquired by Jose Cuervo Parent Company
Mexico City-based Becle has agreed to acquire the Pendleton whisky brand assets from Hood River Distillers for $205 million.
The deal includes Pendleton Midnight, Pendleton 1910 and Pendleton Directors’ Reserve expression, in addition to the...
Beverage Alcohol Retailers Conference Coming to Denver
The 2nd annual Beverage Alcohol Retailers Conference (BARC) will be held June 3-5 in Denver, CO at the Grand Hyatt Denver Tech Center. The conference will bring together top retailers, offering in-person education and...
Spiced and Flavored Rums Drive Growth
If you’re looking for liveliness and interest in rum these days, it’s probably happening in the flavored and spiced sector of the category.
Rum’s overall woes are well known, and the general category was down...
Spirits Producers Commend Republican Tax Plan
The GOP-written tax plan moving through U.S. Congress towards President Trump's office has earned high marks from organizations that represent spirits producers.
The Senate's version of the legislation would lower the excise tax rate for...
5 American Whiskey Trends to Watch in 2017-18
The booming American whiskey market has forced new trends due to limited supplies versus soaring demand. This has necessitated creativity from whiskey-makers. Like Steve Beam and John Rempe, whose recent work is emblematic of the...
Orphan Barrel Unveils 25 Year Old Canadian Whisky, Entrapment
Orphan Barrel, Diageo's line of rare whiskeys, has unveiled its 11th release: Entrapment, a Canadian whiskey.
Entrapment came to be in 1992, as part of a batch of Crown Royal Deluxe that was left in...
Huge Industry Merger: Breakthru Beverage and RNDC Join Forces
Breakthru Beverage Group and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) — both members of the Forbes list of “America’s Largest Private Companies” — today announced the execution of a Letter of Intent to combine their assets and...
Van Winkle Whiskey Announces 2017 Release — With No Rye
Bourbon fans rejoice: 'tis the season for the annual release of Van Winkle Bourbons.
The Van Winkle whiskeys will be available starting in November. These heavily sought-after expressions will be packed three bottles per case.
Yields are...
